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https://github.com/tddschn/zalgo-cli

A simple command line tool to generate zalgo texts or de-zalgo-fy texts.
https://github.com/tddschn/zalgo-cli

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A simple command line tool to generate zalgo texts or de-zalgo-fy texts.

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# zalgo-cli

A simple command line tool and [Gradio app](https://huggingface.co/spaces/tddschn/zalgo-gradio) to generate zalgo texts, or de-zalgo texts.

- [zalgo-cli](#zalgo-cli)
- [Demo](#demo)
- [CLI](#cli)
- [Gradio](#gradio)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [pipx](#pipx)
- [pip](#pip)
- [zalgo-gradio](#zalgo-gradio)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [CLI](#cli-1)
- [Gradio](#gradio-1)
- [Library](#library)
- [Develop](#develop)
- [Credits](#credits)

## Demo

### CLI

```
$ zalgo test -n 20

ṯe͕sͫť t̿e̵s͍t̐ t̜e̼s̗tͨ ẗe̮s̼tͥ
t͋e̞śt̪ t̊e̎s̮t͈ ṯe͊s̗t̍ t̄e̬śt͗
t͕e͓s͜t͕ tͯe̙s͙t͍ t̀e̊s̏t̲ t̰ẽs̕t̗
t̘e͐s̞t̿ ẗeͣs͆t̸ t͙e͉s̑t̤ t̀e͙s̐t̋
t͆e̟s̈́tͦ t̛e͏s̛t͕ t̆eͮs̠tͮ t͋e̱s͎tͦ
```

```
# accept input from stdin, adding tons of the zalgo-thingys
# output is too crazy to be put here
$ echo 'hello world' | zalgo -n 5 -o -a1000
```

**Specifying a list of unicode codepoints to zalgo-fy the text**

See https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+0300

```
# add `t' diacratic marks (U+036D) on t 100 times, then add `c' diacratic marks on c 100 times
$ zalgo 'tc' -a100 -c '0x036D 0x0368'
tͭͭͭcͨͨͨ
```

**De-zalgo-fy the text**

```
$ zalgo -z 'Z̐ȃļg̡ò'
Zalgo
```

### Gradio

https://huggingface.co/spaces/tddschn/zalgo-gradio

```
$ zalgo-gradio
```

![](https://github.com/cli/cli/assets/45612704/1f55f742-fea1-4e42-9c70-321ce096f0b0)

## Installation

### pipx

This is the recommended installation method.

```
$ pipx install zalgo-cli
```

### [pip](https://pypi.org/project/zalgo-cli/)

```
$ pip install zalgo-cli
```

### zalgo-gradio

`zalgo-gradio` requires an extra dependency to run, you can install it with `pipx install zalgo-cli[gradio]` or `pip install zalgo-cli[gradio]`.

## Usage

### CLI

You can use either `zalgo` or `zalgo-cli` to run the program.

```
$ zalgo --help

usage: zalgo [-h] [-a int] [-l int] [-n int] [-o] [-c str] [-d] [-z] [-V]
[str]

Generate or De-Zalgo text

positional arguments:
str Initial string to Zalgo-fy or De-Zalgo-fy. If not
provided, read from stdin (default: None)

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a int, --adds-per-char int
Number of additions per character (default: 1)
-l int, --char-limit int
Character limit [0 for no limit] (default: 0)
-n int, --amount int Amount of Zalgo text to generate (default: 1)
-o, -1, --one-per-line
Output one Zalgo-fied string per line (default: False)
-c str, --codepoints str
Codepoints to Add (space-separated hex values, e.g.,
'0x036D 0x0368') (default: )
-d, --debug Enable debug logging (default: False)
-z, --dezalgo De-Zalgo-fy the input string (default: False)
-V, --version show program's version number and exit

```

### Gradio

```
$ zalgo-gradio
```

Or use the hosted version at https://huggingface.co/spaces/tddschn/zalgo-gradio .

### Library

Codes are split into separate files so that you can use it as a library too without hassle.

There's only one core function that you might want to use:

```python
from zalgo_cli import zalgo
```

Read the source code to see how to use it.

## Develop

```
$ git clone https://github.com/tddschn/zalgo-cli.git
$ cd zalgo-cli
$ poetry install
```

## Credits

Initial development of this project was inspired by https://github.com/n-1x/zalgo-cli .